Printing DIY invitation

[glennchung]

Hi, I am trying to make my own wedding invites and/or ceremony program. Which laser/inkjet printer can print to card stock paper withouth curling it? I tried printing to card stock using manual feed from a Samsung, not very good result. B&W laser, color laser, color inkjet are all welcomed. Thanks!

Glenn

 

[Jiggz]

Inkjets are your best option. Lasers will always curl the paper regardless of paper weight due to the fact, the paper is subjected to heat and roller drums. On the otherhand, inkjets do not involve heat and do not involve rollers (except feed rollers, NOT Drum) so the paper do not curl. Try looking for straight feed inkjets. Most inkjets are straight e.g. Canon's.

 

[pkme2]

My students have HP 1220c Inkjet printers. One of them used one to print his daugther's wedding invites. The inkjet has a straight feed for heavier stock paper and the results were perfect. They're are available on eBay for very reasonable prices. Canon inkjets come to mind as another choice.
Its your choice, but I would go with the HP w/ straight feed.

 

[shoRunner]

canon ftw

 

[Ghouler]

Post one here when you ready....
(party-crashing is better then OC)

ATB!!!
Cheers!

 

[Lemon law]

To glennchung,

Your printer choice is partly dependant on antisipated printing volume. If you have a high volume,
per card ink consumable costs will become very important in any inkjet printer you choose.

In general most Canon printers will beat HP printers by a factor of two or more on consumable costs on a OEM cartridge to OEM cartridge basis----when you consider HP cartridges are hard to refill and Canons are easy-----and you can get readily available Canon refill kits that provide extremely close color matches to Canon OEM-----and offer a more than 10x reduction over Canon OEM cartridge costs.-----this is mainly true on any Canon inkjet that uses the BCI-3&6 series of ink. And not true on Canons that use the smaller BCI-24 cartridges.

So I would recommend you look on ebay for a non-chipped Canon model like the ip4000 or ip5000.
Then get a refill kit from hobbicolors-----just search for the name on ebay for both the printers and the refill kit.----I don't print commercially but I do own a hobbicolors kit and an ip4000.---but lots of good other choices out there------I picked those printers and that ink refill kit as short list favorites.
But those non-chipped Canons are last years models and are getting hard to find---which is why I recommended ebay.

The new chipped Canons like the ip4200 and ip5200 are good printers but are chipped---not a bad choice if you plan to use OEM cartridges but are at least an added pain if you want to refill.

But don't take my word for it----check out some printer advice at Steves digicams and the nifty stuff forums. Inkjet printers can be remarkably economical---or be huge ink hogs that eat you out of house and home-----read up on the subject before choosing--not doing so can be hazardous to your pocketbook.